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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 14, 2020 in a public forum:
“Very close to 160 million people are now working in the United States. Nobody's ever even come close to that number.”
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By Haley BeMiller • February 7, 2020
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on December 10, 2019 in a tweet:
“Over the past two years, climate and weather disaster damage has cost the U.S. over $400 billion.”
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By Nusaiba Mizan • February 5, 2020
Val Demings
Val Demings
stated on January 29, 2020 in the impeachment trial:
“All of the aid has not arrived” to Ukraine.
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By Amy Sherman • February 3, 2020
JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on January 29, 2020 in a speech:
“Over the past year, Illinois has reduced its unemployment rate more than all of the top 20 most populated states in the nation — and more than our Midwestern peers.”
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By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • February 2, 2020
Andrew Yang
Andrew Yang
stated on January 23, 2020 in a town hall in Muscatine, Iowa:
"Right now 5% of Americans donate to candidates." 
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By Amy Sherman • January 24, 2020
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on January 14, 2020 in comments at a presidential debate:
"The Machinists Union does not (support the USMCA trade deal). And every environmental organization in this country (also) opposes it."
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By Rylee Wilson • January 22, 2020
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on January 4, 2020 in a speech:
"We were living outside of Houston and that’s when I found it: a commuter college, 45 minutes away that cost $50 a semester."
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By Madlin Mekelburg • January 17, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 14, 2020 in a campaign speech:
Says Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani "was a designated terrorist by President Obama, who didn't do anything about it."  
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January 16, 2020
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on December 15, 2019 in a speech:
"We cut New York City’s carbon footprint twice as much as the rest of the country." 
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 11, 2020
Frederica Wilson
Frederica Wilson
stated on December 12, 2019 in a hearing:
Says Betsy DeVos is the "most unpopular person in our government."
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By Amy Sherman • January 6, 2020
David Crowley
David Crowley
stated on October 22, 2019 in a tweet:
"Child care costs account for 24% of a WI family’s budget." 
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By D.L. Davis • January 3, 2020
Eric Schmitt
Eric Schmitt
stated on November 25, 2019 in a roundtable:
"You have literally 140 people dying every day of opioid-related overdoses."
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By Madison Czopek • December 31, 2019
Wayne Goodwin
Wayne Goodwin
stated on December 14, 2019 in a tweet:
Says his opponent for NC Insurance Commissioner is a "perennial candidate" over 30 years.
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By Paul Specht • December 23, 2019
New York City Police Benevolent Association
New York City Police Benevolent Association
stated on December 2, 2019 in a Tweet:
"Defendants charged with producing, directing or promoting an obscene sexual performance by a child will be arraigned & set free." 
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • December 22, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 19, 2019 in a Democratic primary debate in Los Angeles:
"You have to have congressional authority" to close Guantanamo Bay prison.  
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By Amy Sherman • December 20, 2019
Jim Himes
Jim Himes
stated on December 18, 2019 in in an impeachment debate:
Says President Donald Trump "has not given this Congress a single email, phone record or document."
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By Bill McCarthy • December 19, 2019
Woody Thrasher
Woody Thrasher
stated on August 21, 2019 in a tweet:
"West Virginia is sixth overall in the average number of at-risk youth."
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By Alayna Degenhardt, Farrah Frattaroli • December 6, 2019
Jim Justice
Jim Justice
stated on June 10, 2019 in a press conference:
China today is "burning seven to eight times the amount of coal that we’re burning in the United States."
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By Minh Do • December 4, 2019
Alma Adams
Alma Adams
stated on November 26, 2019 in a tweet:
"The President wants to cut 3 MILLION people from SNAP, including children, seniors and veterans."
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By Paul Specht • December 3, 2019
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on November 17, 2019 in a speech:
"No other city in America did what (New York) did. We reduced murders by 50%, reduced police shootings to historic lows, reduced the number of people incarcerated by nearly 40%."
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December 2, 2019
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